Side car for bicycles or motor-cycles.



0. METZE. SIDE CAR FOR arcvcuzs 0R moms CYCLES. APPLICATION HLED IUNE13. I914- RENEWED MAR. 21.1916. 1 ,18 5,12() Patented May 30, 1916.

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810E CAR FOR BICYCLES 0R MOTOR CYCLES.

APPLICATION mu) JUNE :3. 1914. RENEWED MAR. 21. l9l6.

Patented May 30, 1916.

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A u dag phem yield 1' has: a forring'iess', frame can described.

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an the 1 15 at m and z 2 JAX n? stun. M119 m in miimale-d. in {m at the 1 f the inch V 3 In and side nggzmg' jam mit bar

cycle or motormyele, so that occupant of the side ear is substantially on a line with the driver of the nmclnne uml the (lower can.

converse with the occupant, of the 621.1 will out turning his howl Momma? the not that the side wheel is iluifi for u in usual construcliions also 14 1(1 l' tion and control ea ier 2 *ll f; corners. My experiei'lee has, been 1 l in such a structure the side wheel is mounted on a vertical axis in rear of a mill-Lilo line between the front and rear wheels of the bicycle, the drag on the side wheel so great that much care to go slowly must be taken in turning corners and to make the curve as long as practicable to avoid, cop'- sizing. \Vith the side Wheel nn'mniml for- Ward of such middle line, as herein described, very short turns may be nulls at rapid speed with comparative safely Chm, I claim is:

l 112 car [or a bicycle or motor-cycle f in combination, a car body supe ling; frame, a wheel to support the zune, and means connecting said some to the fame: of the bicycle or motor-cycle permitting vertical movement, Lhereol? in a plane arallel to the plane of the wheels of the bicycle or n'iofizonoycle.

:2. A side car for a bicycle or motor-cyole \,,:o111pi'isi1sg, in combination, a car body suppoiting iranne, means for connecting the same to the frame of the bicycle or motorcycle, :1, lateral extension from the forward 1% on of said frame, said. osm-nsion lying forward of a middle line betmmn tho front anal rem wheels of the bicycle or motorcycle, a Silltl axle knnekled to said lateral extension, a side wheel on said, stud axle and means for connecting said stud axle with :he flout for}: of the bicycle or motor-cycle for steering said wheel in. unison with the for if-Tl whee: of the bicycle or motor-cycle.

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C J. AnERN ATHY, J'. E. Mnosonmo. 

